On April 18th, 2018 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under pressure from the IMF, announced changes to Nicaragua’s social security system which proposed to raise worker contributions while cutting benefits. Popular […]
Thank you to everyone who donated items, time and money to get our 73rd humanitarian aid shipment off to Nicaragua. About 60 volunteers came out on Saturday May 12th to […]
Mark your calendars for the 26th Annual Solidarity Roast! Barbecued meats & vegetarian delights, desserts, raffles, and live music. Fun for everyone, so come on out! Saturday, July 14, 3 to 7 […]
While dozens of kids and adults got a great bike, cheap, folks at the Madison Bike Swap raised over $900 for PeaceWorks projects in Nicaragua. Every year a group of […]
On Saturday March 10th, 54 people came out to the Friends Meeting in Chatham for dinner and a conversation with members of January 2018 delegation to Nicaragua. Download the full […]
Thanks to 30 volunteers we took a huge step forward getting ready for our shipment day on Saturday May 12th! Thank you to everyone who came out on April 28th […]
10 members of the PeaceWorks community have landed and are out and about in Nicaragua, traveling over gorgeous Volcano-lined landscapes to visit our local partners, see their projects, discuss priorities […]
On Saturday May 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
On September 5th President Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce that his Administration would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This Obama administration policy allowed […]
Join us on Saturday evening September 8th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
Join us on Saturday evening November 10th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
Help us spread the holiday cheer and celebrate another great year of people to people work in Nicaragua. Catch up with friends, enjoy a great meal and participate in a […]
You are invited! PeaceWorks is rooted in the social movement of the 1980’s that resisted the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. But even when the war ended, PeaceWorks continued to support […]
Another Brick in the Wall? Fear and Uncertainty for Immigrants: A Conversation with Rosa Santana The U.S. Government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS) permits immigrants from about 22 countries to remain […]
Our 72nd humanitarian aid shipment is off to Nicaragua! Thank you to everyone who came out, donated items & money, made food and provided good cheer on Saturday October 14th. […]
There are no roads to El Apante. The last dirt road ended three hours back — right before what locals call an incline. For anyone else, a really steep mountain. […]
You may have missed this in the mainstream media, but Nicaraguan liberation theologian and Maryknoll Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockman passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. He was […]
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua. You’ll hike to mountain villages to see sustainable farming and water conservation projects. By boat you’ll glide through mangrove forests to participate […]
PeaceWorks Summer Camp 2017: Recreation, Relaxation…and Resistance Where: World Fellowship Center, Conway, New Hampshire When: Thurs. August 17th– Monday August 21st, 2017 Located at the foot of the White Mountains […]
Un mano, por favor… On Saturday May 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send […]
We’ll be meeting up at our storage facility at the Shrine of St. Joseph on Saturday April 29th from 10am-2pm to organize and box donations for our 71st humanitarian aid […]
Thank you to everyone who came out to try a special selection of wines and join PeaceWorks in supporting women’s empowerment projects in Nicaragua! Together, we raised $1500.00! Wines were chosen by […]
In January 2017, 10 of us from the PeaceWorks community returned from a 12-day delegation to Nicaragua. Click here to download our report to learn about the people we met, the places […]
It’s pretty amazing what you can get done when 40 people show up. Our new storage facility for our humanitarian aid shipments to Nicaragua, the Quonset Hut at the Shrine of […]
As always, and for the 70th time, thank you very much. PeaceWorks was very proud to be joined by over 30 Seton Hall and 10 Don Bosco Prep students who […]
PeaceWorks sends our warmest greetings to everyone who came out to our Dinner Forum on Saturday September 10th, 2016. After enjoying a fantastic meal with about 70 people, we had an […]
Not every community of people gets to come together every summer to enjoy great food, music and friendship as the foundation to build peace and stand in solidarity with the people of Central America. […]
“People to people. Pueblo a pueblo. New Jersey to Nicaragua.” For nearly a quarter of a century PeaceWorks has built a community of solidarity between the people of New Jersey and […]
The headline may be that the PeaceWorks community raised $25,000 in just over four weeks. But the real news is that the hard work of identifying and building trust with […]
Is it chugging by Miami? Heading through the Panama Canal? We’re not quite sure, but by early July all of our Nicaraguan partners will be unpacking a 45′ shipping container […]
Just outside of Palacagüina, Nicaragua the January 2016 PeaceWorks delegation accompanied about 20 local Nicaraguans from the Roncalli Association up a small “cerro” or mountain for a day of relaxation and […]
“Who is my Neighbor? Fear and Family in a Polarized World” 4th ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER for First Friends Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 7:00pm, The Richfield Regency, 420 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, New Jersey […]
Our March 2016 Newsletter is out. You can download it right here.
Moving up to a new grade at school is always something to celebrate, but for kids who once lived and worked on the streets of Managua, staying in school means they are […]
Twice a year PeaceWorks ships a 45′ shipping container full of material aid donations from New Jersey to Nicaragua – things like medical equipment, office furniture, school supplies, sporting goods, […]
Five years into a crushing drought, 63 year-old Doña Julita and other farmers in Northern Nicaragua have experienced an 80% reduction in traditional crops like corn and beans. But if […]
On Saturday September 12th, more than 40 people came out in solidarity with low wage workers at the “Fight for $15” dinner forum. Special thanks to Maribel Nova and Gertrudis Lopez, who […]
For many children with disabilities, riding high on a horse offers a rare feeling of power and control, as well as helping to strengthen core muscles. Equine therapy, which is becoming […]
We couldn’t thank you enough! So far, our online campaign to get the Inhijambia Program for Street Kids a new vehicle has brought in $4,630 PLUS $7000 by mail, PLUS… PeaceWorks […]
Got a bike you’d like to donate? Need a bike to get around? The Bike Swap is back on…and all proceeds go to PeaceWorks! On Sunday, May 15 from 9 […]
Please join us on Saturday June 11th, at 6:30pm for dinner and a conversation about the enormous challenges of developing a rural Guatemalan town, and stopping the mass exodus of […]
While this event has passed, you can read about the highlights by clicking here. Year after year PeaceWorks connects with our local partners in Nicaragua. It is the foundation of […]
Join us on Saturday evening April 14th for a dinner forum with an in-person conversation with FEDICAMP director Miguel Marin. Miguel works closely with some of Nicaragua’s poorest and most […]
